Parole Board: Prison Guard Shortage Not A Factor In Release Of Hospital Shooting Suspect

By Andrea Lucia, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

October 29, 2022

Texas prisons are understaffed with more than a quarter of positions for guards vacant, a fact one state representative is blaming for the release of inmates like the suspect in last weekend's deadly hospital shooting

"How was this guy out on parole?" asked Representative Rafael Anchia, of Nestor Hernandez who was arrested twice while on parole for aggravated robbery but repeatedly released before allegedly murdering two staff members at Methodist Medical Center.

Anchia has called for an investigation by the Texas State Auditor's office into the decision to keep Hernandez on parole while floating his own theory.

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